We aren't going to solve our nation's needs for better performance in higher education by rolling back the clock to a time of generous finances and uncritical public belief in the wisdom of institutional decision makers.
To that end, they have to communicate with different actors, joined in multidisciplinary teams of researchers, institutional decision makers, and representatives of government, civil society and the private sector.
They perceived that this had a positive influence on capacity strengthening activities as these staff members were often key institutional decision makers: " …. it gives them the institutional recognition that somebody has this award and this is prestigious so that is important….
But at every turn, we must engage with institutional decision-makers, not as helpless citizens approaching all-powerful leaders, but as the powerful engaging the powerful.
Equally, institutional decision-makers often regard earlier decisions as being relevant even when the decision at hand is different from the original ones, by citing them as analogies.
The results broaden our understanding of the relationship between technology and learning and will assist institutional decision-makers as they evaluate technology options.
This is mainly because feedback processes focus on analyzing institutional decision-makers as well as the civil societal actors that they collude with, as the feedback process depends on the success of their coalitional partnership.
Informed consent was obtained from all participants or a surrogate decision maker, and institutional ethics approval was provided at each facility (Australia: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee, References 2005/038, 2005/072, 2007/188, and Portugal: Innovation and Development Unit, Coimbra University Hospital, Reference 23/IDU/09/A).
On the other hand, doctors are usually the decision maker in areas where no institutional policies are implemented.
